Category: community

Local’s Blood

Astoria has been going through gentrification as luxury apartments are buying out locals’ houses and building rental apartments that are non-affordable for locals.

Cultures in NYC

As we visited museums and collaborated on various projects, one theme recurred: the different cultures in New York City. Every group member was able to connect their own heritage to what we saw around the city.

The Charging Bull Reimagined

In the financial district of Manhattan, New York City, north of Bowling Green, a bronze sculpture called “The Charging Bull” is located, sometimes known as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture of a bull, a symbol of aggressive financial optimism and success, is 11 feet tall and 16 feet long. As a famous tourist attraction representing Wall Street and the financial district, thousands of tourists visit Charging Bull every day. Now what if it represented something more crucial to society?

Where is Home?

An audio file to be listened to riding the Q or B from Newkirk Plaza to Sheepshead Bay that highlights the ethnic backgrounds of those who populate those neighborhoods.